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Author Notes:We've been making these in my family since I can remember. They are nicely anisey, a bit chewy, with a smooth, hard top crust that crunches, like a french macaron. We had no idea what a French macaron was oh, 40+ years ago, but some techniques for those will help with these, though these are much easier, as they use all purpose flour instead of nut meal, and include baking powder instead of relying solely on your finesse with eggs. These cookies get a long rest before baking so they develop "feet" when they bake. The baked cookies survive a trip to the freezer quite nicely too. Very yummy indeed! —bonbonmarie

Makes: 48

4
eggs

2
cups sugar

1
tablespoon aniseseed, crushed

2 1/2
cups All purpose flour

1/4
teaspoon salt

Crush aniseed by using a mortar and pestle or by rolling them with your rolling pin.

After resting period, bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes, until done. The "feet" should get slightly brown, but these cookies will be very light, in general. I recommend not using your oven's convection setting, as it can make the feet rise unevenly, producing delicious little cookies that lean over to one side (see picture #2)

Bonbonmarie, Thank you for this recipe. It appears to be the cookie my French grandmother made and none of her children had the recipe. I’m looking forward to trying to make them. She said they were difficult to make because just the size of the eggs could make a difference in the crunchiness of the top of the cookie and how well it would rise. She said she measured her ingredients, including egg portion, by weight.😇 So Happy!

In your list if ingredients, there is no mention of baking powder, and yet in your directions, you state the baking powder should be mixed in with the flour. I did add one teaspoon of baking powder. I guess I will find out in the morning if this is right.

Aha, I see we are both westsounders! A meet-up would be fun. How many other puget sounders are there in F52-landia, I wonder... I loved that the DC peeps had a cookie exchange, and I admit I felt a little envious! Happy holidays to you!